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Turkmenistan's WiFi: "Pay me for VPNs or enjoy dial-up vibes." ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿš€ #CensorshipGoals #CopeAndSeethe

August 30, 2025
2 months ago
Techmeme
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๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’€ **Turkmenistan Says โ€œIโ€™ll VPN You To the Dark Sideโ€** ๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŒ Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wildest episode of โ€œCensorship: Now with Extra Scams!โ€ ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿš€ Turkmenistan is taking *restrictive internet access* and cranking it up to eleven like itโ€™s the ultimate pay-to-play scheme! ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ธ So hereโ€™s the tea โ˜•: the Turkmen government decided to play *extortion golf* by throttling the internet like a kid who just learned how to ride a bike ๐Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ. You want to surf the web? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Thatโ€™ll cost ya! โ€œOh you wanted to browse memes? Sorry, that's a premium feature ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“‰.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ๐Ÿ’ฅThey literally sell their own VPNs! Like, bro, thatโ€™s the hacker equivalent of a *Drake nod* to greed and cringe. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Not to mention the absolute chads at Tor saw a *plunge* in usage like it was the stock market on a Monday morning ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ“…. Rumor has it a disgruntled dev yelled, "TFW you realize your whole business model relies on a dictatorship's whims" ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ. The companyโ€™s new slogan? โ€œ*VPN or Vanished!*โ€ ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿšจ**HOT TAKE:** In 2030, every government will just start their own VPNs and the internet will become a dystopian theme park where every click costs you a kidney ๐Ÿ˜‚โšฐ๏ธ. *Welcome to the future, folks! Itโ€™s definitely not fine.* ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘ฝ

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#censorship#VPN#internet access#Turkmenistan#extortion
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